Lots of ideas and just-begun pieces, paragraphs tailing off. Although many of you are clamouring for the start of the new season, i enjoy the break. To not anguish over the last game and plutz over the one to come is a blessed relief. Peace and quiet encourages reflection and a sense of perspective that does not come easily amidst the plethora of pundits during the season itself. But as always, the world turns and seasons change. New beginnings, the promise of better things to come. Spurs in particular. This may not matter to most punters, but by charging inordinately excessive admission prices, clubs put themselves under increasing pressure to deliver. Fans have a tendency to become more disgruntled more quickly than ever before, and consciously or subconsciously one factor is surely a demand for value. If it falls below that standard, the tetchiness begins and can easily overflow into anger. Cup is bound to influence tactics in the coming season. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This of course has always been the case, but this summer in particular we saw a tournament where there were few individual stars. Two up front has been severely discredited. Europe will intensify for the lone striker able to do, well, everything. Hold it up, run into space, drop back and chase, finish with lethal precision. Keane has been tried there. England we will be outnumbered. Wolves last season. Here we are in better shape. Sandro is by all accounts a quality player in precisely this mode.